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i— Griffin Daily News Tuesday, January 4,1977
Car insurance
costs soaring
BY LOUISE COOK
Associated Press Writer
Premiums for automobile
mrance are soaring as
mpanies complain they
mot afford the rising cost of
pairs and the increased
mber of claims. Motorists
1 save money, however, if
•y shop around and follow a
v simple rules.
The Bureau of Labor
atistics reports that auto
lurance premiums, as
■asured by the Consumer
ice Index, increased one
rcent from September to
tober. The cost of auto
mrance in October was 20.2
rcent higher than it was at the
irt of the year.
rhe increase is more than
ir times the rise in the overall
nsumer Price Index during
* same period. It compares to
boost for auto insurance
emiums of under 6 percent in
!5 and less than one percent in
of 1974.
Government figures
mpiled by the Conference
ard, a nonprofit business
search group, show
nericans spent just over $5
lion on auto insurance -
emiums minus claims paid
t - in 1975. That's about one
jhthof the amount they spent
buy the cars in the first place,
rhe insurance companies say
I; costs they have to pay have
Jbreased. They cite higher
»dical bills and increased
ices for auto parts used in
pairs. No-fault insurance
ms were designed to hold the
I on premiums by eliminating
me costly lawsuits. But the
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no-fault laws generally do not
cover property damage, only
bodily injury. And some of the
no-fault laws allow legal action
in cases where medical costs
exceed a relatively low level.
How can you cut your costs?
Most important, according to
the Illinois Department of
Insurance, is to shop around. A
1975 study prepared for the
Kemper Insurance Cos. showed
that 72 percent of those
questioned considered only one
company when buying
insurance. The Illinois agency
recommends comparing prices
and services of at least three
insurers.
To point up the importance
of comparison shopping, the
insurance department looked at
the hypothetical case of a 34-
year-old married man in 1974.
Depending on where he lived
and which company he
purchased his insurance from,
the man could have paid
anywhere from slls to $794 for
exactly the same amount of
coverage.
—Drive safely. The fewer
accidents you have, the lower
your rate.
—Try to pay you premiums
for the full period of the policy.
It costs more to pay on the
installment plan.
—Consider increasing the
amount of your “deductibles.”
A deductible is the part of the
loss you pay yourself. Suppose,
for example, you have a
collision policy with a SSO
deductible and you are in an
accident involving S3OO worth of
damage to your car. You pay
SSO; the auto company pays the
rest. If you agree to pay a
bigger part of the loss in case of
accident, your premium will be
lower.
—Cancel any insurance you
won’t use. Do you really need
collision coverage on that old
car? The cost of repairs might
be more than the value of the
auto.
—Don’t drive to work. If you
must, find out if your company
offers a car-pool discount;
about half of all companies do,
according to the Illinois
insurance department.
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Pierre Trudeau
“I would not be the man to
lead Canada into a civil war,
but I don’t say there wouldn’t
be others who would want to
take up arms, and hence the
danger is not one that I am
minimizing.”
— Canadian Prime Minister
Pierre Trudeau, explaining
that he would not resort to
force to keep Quebec within
Canada.
“We did not want an oil
Two doctors
win awards
NEW YORK (AP) - Ancel
Keys, Ph.D., and Henry Black
burn, M.D., of the University of
Minnesota School of Public
Health were recently given the
Eleanor Dana Award by the
American Health Foundation.
The award is for their origi
nal research on the relation of
cholesterol metabolites to coro
nary disease prevention. Ron
ald Kotulak, a reporter for the
Chicago Tribune, received the
Lifeline Award for his series of
articles, “The ‘Good Life’ — It
Can Kill You.”
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Sheriff
Glass
price increase at all. We
decide on an increase when
we feel this is necessary, and
will freeze the price when we
feel this is necessary, too.
What we do serves our in
terest and that of the world’s
economy.”
— Crown Prince Fahd of
Saudi Arabia, saying his coun
try’s decision to limit its oil
price hike to 5 per cent was a
compromise.
“With few exceptions, they
were not in accordance with
the positions he espoused dur
ing the campaign.”
— Ralph Nader, criticizing
President-elect Carter’s
cabinet appointments.
“At first, I was (cam
paigning) because Jimmy
would be such a good presi
dent. But you can’t travel the
country as I have, you cannot
see the problems, without
assuming some responsibility.
I think I can make a
difference.”
— Rosalynn Carter, explain
ing her intention to work hard
for the mentally ill and the
elderly during her term as
first lady.
“I got the guy down by the
shoulders. My old football
coach would have scolded
me.”
— Capt. David Grindle, of
the Salvation Army in Des
Moines, lowa, explaining how
he chased a bank robber three
blocks and tackled him.
“I think I reacted as calmly
and dispassionately as
anybody possibly could.”
— President Ford, dismiss
ing rumors that his loss to
Jimmy Carter left him very
depressed.
Sheriff Jimmy Glass took the oath of
office last week in the Henry County
Courthouse. Sheriff Glass is serving his
second term.
George Bush
“There are some
worrisome signs, and the
viewpoints, interpretations
and comments on these will
be adequately reflected in the
estimate.”
— CIA Director George
Rush, commenting on a “very
grim” intelligent report that
the Soviets are shifting their
aims from strategic parity
with the United States to
strategic superiority.
This wedding
not so lavish
CAIRO (AP) - President An
war Sadat hosted a wedding re
ception for his 18-year-old
daughter, Jihan, and the affair
was considerably less elaborate
than those given when the
Egyptian president’s other two
daughters were wed.
Cairo newspapers reported
that guests at the Sunday re
ception were given tea and
sandwiches — an austerity
move prompted by the coun
try’s poor economic condition.
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Chappell twins
Kristy and Rhonda Chappell,
twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
Freddie L Chappell, celebrated
their eighth birthday with a
party at a local restaurant.
Games were enjoyed by
everyone and prizes were won
by Jimmy Shirah and Tracy
Yawn.
Hamburgers, french fries,
Cokes and cake were served to
the guest.
Those attending were: Dale
Hudgins, Kristy Brown, Tracy
Yawn, Jennifer Parrish,
Stephanie Lowery, Michael
Roberts, Jimmy Shirah, Tim
Owen, Scott Swafford, Ken
Jones, Billy Shirah, Paul Jones.
Party favors were given to
all.
Policeman has
old News and Sun
Among the prize collections of
Griffin Policeman Wally Brown
is a May 14, 1909 edition of the
Griffin Weekly News and Sun.
Among other things, it has an
item about the marriage of his
great great aunt, Alice Harrison
to Cliff Brannon.
Front page news of the day
told about Pope Brown’s being
named state treasurer, efforts
to expand the cotton market,
and Concord’s first killing in 15
years.
One story reported the death
of Methodist Bishop Charles B.
Galloway in Jackson, Miss.
Hampton wanted to secede
from Henry County and become
part of Clayion.
FJTI Wednesday Is
DOUBLE
S&H Green Stamp Day
In Spalding Square Shopping Center
We Gladly Redeem
U.S.Govt. Food Coupons
Happy Birthday!
Glass
shields
Hirohito
TOKYO (AP) — Emperor
Hirohito stood behind a protec
tive glass panel on a balcony at
the Imperial Palace as a crowd
of more than 165,000 persons
jammed the palace grounds to
wish him a happy New Year.
The glass also shielded mem
bers of the imperial family, in
cluding Empress Nagako and
Crown Prince Akihito and his
wife, Princess Michiko. The
panel was installed after a
Japanese man in 1969 used a
slingshot to fire a steel ball at
the emperor.
While thousands waved Japa
nese flags and shouted “ban
zai,” — long life — one man
shouted demands that Hirohito
be investigated for involvement
in World War 11. Palace guards
removed the man.
Hirohito, 75, began his reign
Dec. 26, 1926. The public is in
vited twice a year to greet the
emperor, on Jan. 2 and on his
birthday, April 29.
FLOWER SERVICE
PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) -
Flower Aviation lives up to its
name.
The private aircraft service
uses young women in flowered
skirts on the landing field to
guide planes in for refueling at
the municipal airport here. A
flowered carpet is laid at the
craft’s door. Crew and passen
gers are greeted with fresh-cut
daisies.
Lisa Ward
Lisa Ward, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Alton Ward, 1344
Oakdale drive, celebrated her
eighth birthday at the Regency
in Atlanta with a steak dinner at
the home of her aunt, Mrs.
Joann Reborn in Smyrna.
Ice cream and cake also were
served to the following guests:
Mrs. Alton Ward, Mrs. Robert
Ogletree, Joey Conner, Randy
Ward and Cindy and Darlene
Ogletree.
Arthur is leaving
the Buffalo Zoo
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -
Aarthur the Aardvark is leav
ing the Buffalo Zoo next week
for several reasons —two of
them being female aardvarks.
Zoologists here and in Pitts
burgh hope that Aarthur, lonely
as the Buffalo Zoo’s only aard
vark, will develop into an
amorous fellow.
Buffalo curator Richard Be
yer said Aarthur will be trav
eling later this week to the
Pittsburgh zoo, where he will
be introduced to Aalice and Aa
manda Aardvark.
“We hated to have Aarthur, a
single male, go to waste here
at the zoo,” Beyer said.
Aardvarks, native to Africa,
are insect eaters about five-feet
long and two-feet high.